Sales wise great success and they had a formidable marketing/timing strategy that trumped sony at pretty much every time Sony looked like they were going to make a come back. Shame they ruined it all with the XBO. It's amazing how good strategy can be ruined by poor decisions.
But... it's also disappointing how they treated the console in the last few years of its life before the XBO came out, they pretty much dumped it and I think its one of the many reasons why people moved over from XB to PS, because Sony just kept releasing game after game (and in some cases way too long).
Credit to Sony though the PS3 ended up being a fantastic console and I think when people look back, it will actually be considered a better console gaming wise. Sony were on the edge of disaster with it and really turned it around.








